Indie Metal

Found the latest DLA article interesting, especially using Gojira as the example of "Indie Metal". I have always been subtly intruigued by a fellow band of theirs, called "Manimal", who never attained the same popularity, despite writing much more interesting (though still arguably pointless and annoying) music.

I thought this article was spot on, top draw, and other idiomatic expressions of affirmation. I think similar specific dissections of this type of material would be very useful. I think it has greater power than the more general "sadistic reviews" the site has been doing.

I like where that's going, though I can't see how INDIE figures into it. The Gojira analysis displays a Rock-structured song. Why not just call it Rock Metal? Or Pop Metal? The phrase would be more accurate now than it was in the '80s, describing Def Leppard and Twisted Sister.

Either way, 'indie' is a tag which rarely describes how music sounds. It was better at describing a business arrangement.

"Indie", as both a form of music and a "scene", is weak and effeminate, whereas Rock generally isn't (as far as my understanding goes). Rock seems to cater more for the beer-swigging macho crowd, whereas Indie is for the emo kids who are actually "popular", usually due to their tight jeans, capacity for dope, or general hipness, rather than due to any lasting personal qualities.

That panther band are closer to "Rock Metal" than any of these Indie bands.

Hate to just jump right in, but it should probably be noted thats its possible in the history of 'Indie' music that Indie at one point had at least some merits, considering Indie is supposed to be an abbreviation of the word independent. However, this is obviously not the case anymore, as it has now been styled into a very generic form of pop culture and serves as fap material for 14 year olds everywhere.